Evolve Pro Tour

The 2013 Thomas Sabo Match Play winner is Victor Osterby (Denmark) whom beat Paul McGhee (Scotland) 4/3 in our final at Hacienda Riquelme today, third place wen't to Alex Belt (England) whom edged out Martin Englesgjerd (Norway) 2/1.

A close finish at the RBC Tour Championship, Vicente Blazquez (Spain) and amateur Rodolphe De Heer (Switzerand) finished tied on (-10) and a play off was required, Blazquez triumphed on the 18th to take the title and nudge out De Heer.

A fantastic finish at El Valle today in the second of the joint Evolve Pro Tour and English Tour co-sanctioned events. Florian Fritsch (Germany) and William Harrold (England) with 2 holes remaining had only only 1 shot separating them, however Fritsch (-3) again showed his determination and focus to bring home the title by 3 shots from Harrold on (E). European Tour Player Christian Cevear showed his experience and class to comfortably take third place at (+2) top amateur was Hendrick Beins (Germany).

It was a close finish at El Valle in the first of this weeks joint Evolve Pro Tour and English Tour, Co - Sanctioned event's. Miss Hyun Min (South Korea) and Jonas Hagland (Finland) were biting at the heals of Germany's Florian Fritsch all day - however Fritsch again showed his experience with some fine play to bring home the first prize at (-4) Miss Hyun Min finished on (-2) from Jonas Haglund on (+1) top amateur was Hendrick Beins (Germany) (+8).

Gustav Adell (Sweden) with a solid 71 and on (-9) held on to his overnight lead to take the Saurine Open from Florian Fritsch (Germany) by 2 shots, third was William Harrold on (-3). Fritsch had the best round of the day on tough greens with a fine 68, top amateur was Rodolphe De Heer.

The tournament went down to the wire at Hacienda Riquelme 1.1  Florian Fritsch and Gary King finished regulation tied at (-11) and extra holes were needed, Fritsch triumphed on the first playoff hole to take the event. Alex Belt with another solid performance took third place at (-8) with Matt Webb taking fourth at (-7) Young Soo Kim (South Korea) was at (-5) top amateur was Raphael Geissler (Germany) who put in a creditable performance finishing at (+3)

The Hacienda Riquelme 1.0 Open was played in very testing conditions.  Florian Fritsch (Germany) showed his experience skill and steely determination to hang on to his over night lead and win by 6 shots, South Korean Lady Miss Hyun Min put in another solid display of ball striking and calm temperament to take second place at (+1) Gary King with the round of the day 71 shared third place with Alex Belt on (+2

Lasse Sonne Nielsen (Denmark) and David Booth (England) were joint winners of the shortened Condado Alhama Open sharing first and second prize of 3790 Euro on (-2) They were closely followed by Florian Fritsch (Germany) on (-1) and then Matt Evans and Nick McCarthy on (+2)

Play our co-sanctioned Evolve Pro Tour and English Tour links swing events to be held on the 8-9 and 15-16 May at the fabulous West Lancashire Golf Golf and St Annes Old Links, find out why the English Tour is fast becoming a Tour to play. www.englishtour.co.uk

In hot and still conditions Alex Belt of England came from 4 back at the start of the final round to take the El Valle 1.2 Open by 2 shots today at (-6) Matt Evans came close again finishing second at (-3) local Spanish players Liam Murray and Javier De Lope both played very well to share third place at -3. Top Amateur went to Florian Elender of Germany and South Korean lady player Miss Byun Hyun Min again finished in the money in 6th place.